Hey, did you hear Blizzard banned offline people for using single player trainers. Offline. Banned them from their offline games.

Ahh, hadn't heard about that. I didn't think playing SC2 in offline mode even counted towards your achievement ranking, but apparently it does. I think it's kinda funny that they can catch people cheating in offline SC2, but so many people get away with shit on WoW and don't seem to get caught ;p

_________________It takes a big man to cry, but a bigger man to laugh at that man. - Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts

I was excited about Cataclysm for a while, but I don't think I'm even going to get it at this point. I picked up a time card a couple of months ago to get Psychosamus to 80 for Cata launch, played for a few days and realized that I was already bored. I think I got a whole three days of playtime out of a two month card, so I decided: not worth it.

Which is a shame. I'd sure like to see the Werewolf starting zone...

But the girlfriend's visiting from England a few days after it comes out so I probably wouldn't even bother touching it 'til January anyways.

I quit playing wow. I deleted my toons... I had 2 80's one with full epic 264+ pve gear inc trinkets and another I was just gearing up. I was playing the game too much and raiding every day of the week. It took over so badly I had to stop. It wasn't so much a full on addiction as it was mandatory need to show up for raids. I was a huge reason why we pushed through ICC 10/25 norm/heroic. I would do so much research, tell everyone what to improve on. I got so into the game. I was looking at it the same way a kid with an fascination for Magic The Gathering might have looking at different combo's, card play styles etc. When I wasn't playing I was reading up on wow and wow related things... never thought it would actually consume me. My friends never got to see me any more, and I spent a large portion of my summer playing wow instead of going outside and enjoying the fresh air. I definitely like the game and I believe there is a lot to be said about the community and playing with a good guild. But it just isn't for me, as good as I was. In the end I got heroic dying light best in slot staff for my Shadow Priest and called it good.

Im not going to tell you not to play wow or anything like that, I can only relate to my own experience.

I calculated the hours I played on one toon for a full year. 1300 hours... thats almost a 2nd full time job. I thought holy fuck I could of went and done something waaaaay more productive or made more money and bought a new car or put a down payment on a house or something. Mind you if you have the time do something like WoW it up with no real social/personal responsibilities fill your boots. But oh man... never again.

I agree. Every time I see the front page it's a harsh reminder that I actually bothered to buy Cataclysm(50% off because they accidentally had it on the Boxing Day Sale shelf), and am full of regret because I barely even played it.